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Pyroar Revealed for Pokémon X & Y

Earlier today eagle-eyed Pokémon fans found an image of Pyroar on IGN, and now the site has officially revealed the 'mon. An evolution of Litleo, it's a fire and normal-type Royal Pokemon with abilities such as Rivalry and Unnerve. It can also unlock Normal-type move Echoed Voice, "which makes its power grow with every turn. Its power will increase even if other Pokémon use it, so try Echoed Voice out with your allies in Double Battles and Triple Battles to experience its real value.”

Pictured below is Pyroar, which was apparently discovered on IGN by "playing with the URL"; in other words, the suggestion is that screenshots had been uploaded in the site's system and not published to the official pages, but were there nevertheless for eager experimenters to uncover. They seem to be legitimate, with the suggestion being that the 'mon could be an evolution of Litleo.

Welsh ex-pat Tom is responsible for the day-to-day running of the site. He's the guy to thank for the generally brilliant nature of the content which massages your eyeballs on a daily basis. Also has an unhealthy obsession with all things Bowser.

...... I just noticed how freaking amazing the art style is. In terms of possible DLC, I think the most awesome thing Nintendo can do is create a game mode where the graphics style looks just like the previous games, my favorite being generation 3. I would definitely pay extra for something like that.

@mookysam "Also, I think Nintendo is revealing far too much about this game." LOL.

Game Freak is not revealing FAR too much about X&Y. They did way more with B/W and B2/W2. This time around they are just creating more hype around it... People were even saying that something was wrong because they knew almost nothing about the story and the game itself back in August.

My 8 yr. old thinks it's a new evolved form of Litleo, which was impressive when I found a fake Litleo evolution called Mantiflare online.

Of course had we had time to read the article first before rushing off to the bus stop that would have been less impressive. To be honest I'm not even sure how he knew Litleo, I assumed it was an older Pokemon.

@Sonic260There are ways gaming news sites can show news without showing spoilers on the home page. Most gaming sites do this. I come for news and reviews, however it would be nice to be able to pick and chose if I want to see something about a certain game or not.

I hope Pyroar can be the 6th generation's equivalent of Arcanine. I wasn't originally interested in Litleo since I was going to choose Fennekin as a starter, but after seeing its rumoured evolution, I'm not really interested anymore. There's still hope that it could be a Fire/Psychic type, but I'm just sick of bipedal Fire starters in general, so I might choose Froakie.

@Doma
I am assuming the story will be identical despite which game you pick (like it has been for past games), I'm getting Y because I think a story about people trying to use a Pokemon that embodies destruction sounds better than a story about people trying to use a Pokemon that embodies life.

The last thing I want is another story about the "horrors" of eternal youth and immortality.

Looking sweet! Arcanine-type evolution. I'm okay with the information they have been showing off — I don't consider it spoilers for this type of game. Besides, there's going to be a good, 95% at least of more info we unlock and discover first-hand in the game. It's just going to be a massive game, so showing off what they have is only a small fraction of the info.

@Windy I doubt we ever would be charged for new pokemon the same reason Mario Kart does not do DLC, it would defeat the purpose of a sequel. Why make another game if you can just keep adding more? Now being charged $5 dollars for a Mew maybe.